Fixed Term 0.6fte Staff Specialist - Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia - Western Sydney Local Health District

Western Sydney Local Health District
Western Sydney Local Health District
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Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia

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Fixed Term 0.6FTEStaff Specialist

Medical Forensic Clinical Placement Program

Education Centre Against Violence

Integrated and Community Health
Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.


APPLICATIONS CLOSE 16 SEPTEMBER 2023


Successful applicants will be responsible for development, coordination, and delivery of training support for NSW Health Medical Forensic Examiners (MFEs) accessing the NSW Health Medical Forensic Clinical Placement Program.

This role works in partnership with the Executive Project Officer and lead hospitals and to align ECAV training with the Clinical Placement Program for participating MFEs upon completion of ECAV qualifications.

ECAV is a partner in an NSW Health funded Medical and Forensic Clinical Placement and Support Program.

This program aims to build clinical placement training opportunities for Medical Forensic Examiners (MFEs) at high caseload sexual assault services.

This is a Fixed Term appointment until 30 June 2024.


Selection Criteria

  • Current medical practitioner, registered, or eligible for registration, with the Medical Board of Australia and Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Forensic Medicine of the RCPA or overseas equivalent or other relevant specialist qualification as provided for in the Staff Specialists (State) award, and current experience performing clinical duties in the specialist area of medical and forensic care of violence abuse and neglect.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of violence, abuse and neglect (VAN), contributing factors, dynamics, effects, prevention, secondary and tertiary interventions and NSW Health and other agency service systems, relevant policies and legislation.
  • Demonstrated experience and expertise in development, implementation, and evaluation of competencybased training and assessment at postgraduate level in the specialist area of medical and forensic care of violence abuse and neglect, including clinical supervision and mentoring of nursing and medical staff. Understanding of curriculum development, competency based and course accreditation processes.
  • Model and promote behaviours which are consistent with NSW Health core values and promote cultural safety and humility, accessibility and inclusion, with a focus on understanding the ongoing impacts of colonisation upon Aboriginal staff and communities and considerations for education, project management and service delivery.
  • Demonstrated skill and experience in effective project and program management, including ability to develop solutions to complex problems, design and implement effective projects which achieve intended outcomes, within budget and time frame.
  • Highly developed analytical, critical thinking and problemsolving, decision making and organisational skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and demonstrated ability to learn new systems and/or platforms (eg. Office 365, HPE).
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written) skills, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution skills, including ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders, and the ability to prepare high level reports/ documents/briefs/contracts and the ability to communicate complex specialist medical forensic terms and information to a lay (nonmedical) audience in the review of Expert Certificates and other communication with Courts.
  • Willingness to travel within NSW and has a current driver's license valid in NSW.

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Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.


APPLICATIONS CLOSE 16 SEPTEMBER 2023

CONTACT

Ellie Freedman

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